Valve Snail - Valvata piscinalis
Size 3.5 to 5 mm x 4 to 6 mm - almost globular. Shell whitish yellow to greenish grey or brown, with narrow umbilicus, aperture almost circular, slightly angled. The animal itself is a dull yellow colour with long, almost transparent tentacles.
Clear stillwaters or in slowly moving water bodies.
All year round.
Feeds on detritus.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Infrequent, or possibly under recorded, in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Saddington Brook
05 February 2024
David Nicholls
Watermead South
29 January 2024
David Nicholls
Watermead Country Park
01 May 2015
David Nicholls
Watermead Country Park
01 May 2015
David Nicholls
Watermead Country Park
01 May 2015
David Nicholls
Thornton reservoir
01 February 2021
David Nicholls
Thornton reservoir
01 February 2021
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Species profile
- Common names
- Valve Snail
- Species group:
- Slugs & Snails
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Family:
- Valvatidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 16
- First record:
- 23/09/1989 (Rundle, Adrian)
- Last record:
- 07/02/2024 (Nicholls, David)
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David Nicholls
Watermead South
29 January 2024
David Nicholls
Watermead Country Park
01 May 2015
